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the right wing's derangements over the president of the united states would be funny if it wasn't so outrageous. we'll be right back with a day for the history books. all the great moments from the inauguration. i'll never forget it. stay with us. [ coughs ] shh! [ coughs ] shh! [ breathes deeply, wind blows ] this feels cool. [ male announcer ] halls. let the cool in. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro. >>> this week, we witnessed history. our first african american president sworn into office for a second term. it was a day to remember. >> i, barack obama do solemnly swear or affirm that i will faithly execute the office of president of the united states. >> welcome to washington. it is chilly, but frankly, bearable outsid
the right wing's derangements over the president of the united states would be funny if it wasn't so outrageous. we'll be right back with a day for the history books. all the great moments from the inauguration. i'll never forget it. stay with us. [ coughs ] shh! [ coughs ] shh! [ breathes deeply, wind blows ] this feels cool. [ male announcer ] halls. let the cool in. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and...
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from td ameritrade. >>> well, i say to them tonight, there is the united states of america. there is not a black america, and a white america and a latino america there is the united states of america. >> we can thank john kerry for that. and we can thank john kerry for a lot more. he made that happen. he chose barack obama a then unknown 42-year-old senate candidate to give the key note address the most important address at the democratic national convention. barack obama hukan't get the credentials to get into the last convention made that speech. we had seen the person who could be the first african-american president without that speech, it is very hard almost impossible to imagine barack obama launching a campaign three years later. today barack obama made this happen. >> i know there is a lot of ground to cover. i look forward to that dialogue. >> john kerry's place to history is almost already assured. his contribution occurred at that seat 42 years ago. long before he actually ran for senate he testified to the foreign relations committee as a leader of vietnam veter
from td ameritrade. >>> well, i say to them tonight, there is the united states of america. there is not a black america, and a white america and a latino america there is the united states of america. >> we can thank john kerry for that. and we can thank john kerry for a lot more. he made that happen. he chose barack obama a then unknown 42-year-old senate candidate to give the key note address the most important address at the democratic national convention. barack obama...
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. >> there is no exam for being a united states senator. >> it is a matter of tricking enough voters. >> the bar is in the ground. >> what an amazing day two on the failure to unearth the conspiracy of how to lie to the american people. >> he is like a human whack-a-mole. ron johnson gets too close to him and your brain cells die. this is like the legacy of ron johnson. he attributes the warming of the earth to sun spots to gee logical spots of time. he is convinced that there is a conspiracy and there is none there. nor is it with hillary clinton saying it doesn't matter. he is obsessed with you know, he is obsessed with suspects who are no longer being examined and we know who did it. but he is following vapor trails to nowhere. >> i thought marco rubio did well i wondered if ron johnson was part of a one-two punch. he was going to really try to be -- men al migitry. >> it was striking to me. the sense of and this is bipartisan. the sense of paranoya anxiety that permeates every discussion of america's role in the world and foreign policy. you would think we are consumed by constant
. >> there is no exam for being a united states senator. >> it is a matter of tricking enough voters. >> the bar is in the ground. >> what an amazing day two on the failure to unearth the conspiracy of how to lie to the american people. >> he is like a human whack-a-mole. ron johnson gets too close to him and your brain cells die. this is like the legacy of ron johnson. he attributes the warming of the earth to sun spots to gee logical spots of time. he is...
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if you are assigned to a unit, then you belong to that unit and you're part of the unit but they would attack a medic or supply sergeant and they would go with the infantry men on their door to door house to house searches but they needed the women there to search female civilians that they would come across. so the women were engaging in the same firefights, doing the exact same thing, but they were not seen as being combat troops. and so women are already doing these jobs but they were not being recognized as doing it and these units couldn't have the women there and would have to go and look and search for women to volunteer to be attached to them and could not train them alongside the men in infantry training because the women were not technically infantry soldiers. >> captain, when a woman joins the military today, will it be different? will she be exposed to being put into an infantry unit a front line grunt position where she would have to take that hill -- get out there and take that hill mcgee? will they be put in that position or do you see the law being enforced a different
if you are assigned to a unit, then you belong to that unit and you're part of the unit but they would attack a medic or supply sergeant and they would go with the infantry men on their door to door house to house searches but they needed the women there to search female civilians that they would come across. so the women were engaging in the same firefights, doing the exact same thing, but they were not seen as being combat troops. and so women are already doing these jobs but they were not...
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well, okay, she could be president of the united states. but given that she was actually a losing presidential candidate in 2008, where would she be today had president obama not appointed her secretary of state? and where would joe biden be today without president obama? joe biden was an even bigger presidential campaign loser than hillary clinton when barack obama chose him as running mate. and now, the essential question about hillary clinton is will she run for president? a campaign in which she is to presumed frontrunner. and the essential question about joe biden is will he run for president, even if hillary clinton runs for president? and is that why joe biden was literally running down pennsylvania avenue on monday? is he trying to show what a young, and vital 70-year-old he is? the night before the running man worked the parade crowd, joe biden hosted a party at his residence with more than 200 democratic insiders, some of the strongest. he has convinced the democratic field will be defined quickly and that it may very we will come
well, okay, she could be president of the united states. but given that she was actually a losing presidential candidate in 2008, where would she be today had president obama not appointed her secretary of state? and where would joe biden be today without president obama? joe biden was an even bigger presidential campaign loser than hillary clinton when barack obama chose him as running mate. and now, the essential question about hillary clinton is will she run for president? a campaign in...
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states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> thank you mr. chief justice. thank you so much. thank
states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> thank you mr. chief justice. thank you so much. thank
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this was the scene, president obama became the 44th president of the united states. as he was dancing at an inaugural ball, republicans were just across town at a fancy restaurant plotting on how to destroy his presidency. part of the scheme was to attack the president on the air waves. it started from day one and it's been ugly. >> barack obama does not have his hand on the bible. i still don't know what the man is going to do. >> deep-seeded hatred for white people. >> in obama's america, the white kids get beat up with the black kids cheering, yeah, right on. >> it easter rising to the terrorists. >> amnesty for illegal aliens via like a hitler-like executive order. >> radical, left-wing marxism, socialism, fascism, whatever you want to call it! if you are president of the united states, you have to be born in this country. >> people ought to be allowed to ask why president obama won't produce his birth certificate. >> there are 50% of the voting public who want stuff. they want things. and who is going to give them things? president obama. >> barack obama is a so
this was the scene, president obama became the 44th president of the united states. as he was dancing at an inaugural ball, republicans were just across town at a fancy restaurant plotting on how to destroy his presidency. part of the scheme was to attack the president on the air waves. it started from day one and it's been ugly. >> barack obama does not have his hand on the bible. i still don't know what the man is going to do. >> deep-seeded hatred for white people. >> in...
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he's serving the united states. the justice department that he is talking about is not a fringe faction, the thing that most americans believe in. >> i always like to give shotouts to your grewo columns. in one of your columns this week you write the president's inauguration speech was in fact a strong defense of liberalism. do you think perhaps the president should have been a little more inclusive towards moderate democrats, even republicans as well? >> this was a speech about his governing philosophy, so i thought it was appropriate. the thing that he said that i thought was most important was he said when you think of like medicare, social security and medicaid, those programs are really important to the fabric of our country, and they don't make us a nation of takers. the phrase nation of takers -- >> stole their language. >> not subtle at all. >> stole their language. >> that was a direct rebuttal to the sort of paul ryan vision of government. the president was not trying to give a bipartisan speech. he was tr
he's serving the united states. the justice department that he is talking about is not a fringe faction, the thing that most americans believe in. >> i always like to give shotouts to your grewo columns. in one of your columns this week you write the president's inauguration speech was in fact a strong defense of liberalism. do you think perhaps the president should have been a little more inclusive towards moderate democrats, even republicans as well? >> this was a speech about his...
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just the united states of america, and he failed. four presidents in a row have promise promised that and all four of them, clinton, bush, and both bushes, they have all failed. >> why do we believe them? as a citizenry? >> you want to. >> we want to, and there is a reason why we have two parties in the united states, people do disagree. if otherwise, with we would have a unicameral system if everybody agreed and i don't know why it is the disagreement, but it is how you manage the partisan divide and not to pretend it does not exist. >> in the second term, he will adopt a new style, the reagan and the roosevelt style and he will rally the constituency which i call the new america which has come the power, and remember the democrats have won the popular vote in 5 of 6 elections and that is a powerful coalition and he will rally them to support the agenda and confront the republicans. >> leave it there and that is a nice tee up to later when we talk more about the second term and lessons from the first term. bill schneider and lynn sw
just the united states of america, and he failed. four presidents in a row have promise promised that and all four of them, clinton, bush, and both bushes, they have all failed. >> why do we believe them? as a citizenry? >> you want to. >> we want to, and there is a reason why we have two parties in the united states, people do disagree. if otherwise, with we would have a unicameral system if everybody agreed and i don't know why it is the disagreement, but it is how you...
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the president of the united states with a duet with the secretary of state. this is big time. something is up. >>> and what must joe biden -- what is he going to watch sunday night? can you rig it? republicans in five battleground states are looking to change the electoral voting process again. the five battle ground states where obama won, it would look like this where the republicans winning a third them. i guess if you can't get people to vote for you you stack the deck. >>> and let's talk about the collection of memorabilia, the life of jack kennedy. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. but lately she's been coming in with less gray than usual. what's she up to? the new root touch-up by nice'n easy has the most shade choices, designed to match even salon color in just 10 minutes. with the new root touch-up, all they see is you. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrte
the president of the united states with a duet with the secretary of state. this is big time. something is up. >>> and what must joe biden -- what is he going to watch sunday night? can you rig it? republicans in five battleground states are looking to change the electoral voting process again. the five battle ground states where obama won, it would look like this where the republicans winning a third them. i guess if you can't get people to vote for you you stack the deck....
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work every day often in difficult and dangerous circumstances because they believe as we believe the united states is the most extraordinary force for peace and progress the world has ever known. >> you know, there's no doubt whatever you think of hillary clinton's politics, she's a democrat. and if you're a republican i guess you disagree with her. fine. but the sense of purpose she has is real. real purpose. not just ambition. and the fact that she has shared purpose with people like the late chris stevens is real. why do they challenge that? why do you think somehow she screwed the guy? she didn't come to his defense? why do they keep going in that direction like today some did again? >> well, they made the mistake of doing that, chris. in part because hillary represents to them a whole lot more than just a functionary at the state department. >> but she's not a lefty. she's a moderate person politically. she's to my right. >> it's not even that. it's she's a major figure in american political life and in american political history. a force of her own on her own and they're not. so that'
work every day often in difficult and dangerous circumstances because they believe as we believe the united states is the most extraordinary force for peace and progress the world has ever known. >> you know, there's no doubt whatever you think of hillary clinton's politics, she's a democrat. and if you're a republican i guess you disagree with her. fine. but the sense of purpose she has is real. real purpose. not just ambition. and the fact that she has shared purpose with people like...
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first, he had to show the united states anti-doping agency that he was contrite, that he was serious about taking their findings as the new law of the land. that their findings about him were correct. he had to show he was serious about that, and if he did that, maybe they would lift the lifetime ban they had imposed upon him. the second thing he had to do was build public sympathy. try to remind people why they fell in love with lance armstrong in the first place. on the first front failed miserably. he actually drew a line through the heart of the report. the heart of the report said that lance armstrong was actually a doping ringleader, that he wasn't just another cyclist who used peds, but that he organized his team to actually use dope. >> he wasn't seping of that last night. >> no. he said absolutely not. and today they are not happy with that interview. on the second front about building public sympathy, i mean, my word, i felt like i was watching the titanic hit an iceberg. i felt like oprah kept trying to help him, like throwing him lifelines, like try to make yourself more
first, he had to show the united states anti-doping agency that he was contrite, that he was serious about taking their findings as the new law of the land. that their findings about him were correct. he had to show he was serious about that, and if he did that, maybe they would lift the lifetime ban they had imposed upon him. the second thing he had to do was build public sympathy. try to remind people why they fell in love with lance armstrong in the first place. on the first front failed...
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appointed by president kennedy to be the united states ambassador to the united nations. democrats call it a position, republicans do not. a little asterisk on that. we'll be right back. the truth about mascara is... it clumps. introducing a revolutionary new mascara. clump crusher...crusher. 200% more volume. zero clumps. new clump crusher from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your rates won't go up due to your first accident, and new car replacement, where, if you total your new car, we give you the money for a new one. call... to talk to an insurance expert about everything else that comes standard with our base auto policy. and if you get into an accident and use one of our certified repair shops, your repairs are guaranteed for life. call... to switch, and you could save hundreds. ♪ born to make mistakes liberty mutual insurance. responsib
appointed by president kennedy to be the united states ambassador to the united nations. democrats call it a position, republicans do not. a little asterisk on that. we'll be right back. the truth about mascara is... it clumps. introducing a revolutionary new mascara. clump crusher...crusher. 200% more volume. zero clumps. new clump crusher from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. at liberty...
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but it is the united states carrying them out. the fact that we know these things are happening and that our government nevertheless considers them to be deniable is frankly one of the more orwellian things about being an american citizen in the 21st center pi. the closest thing we have to a face for the drone policy or the drone non-policy is this man. he is the face of this policy that we have of killing people outside of war zones using this particular tool. and he is the face of the policy both because he is the man who is reported to bring specific names and specific details of specific targets to the president for the president's personal approval. so to the extent that there is a kill list, this guy is reportedly the keeper of the list. but the other reason that he is the face of the policy is that he is the member of the administration who came forward to give a speech about it. this past spring it was john brennan who gave the first ever u.s. policy address, admitting to some of our drone strikes. and defending them as bo
but it is the united states carrying them out. the fact that we know these things are happening and that our government nevertheless considers them to be deniable is frankly one of the more orwellian things about being an american citizen in the 21st center pi. the closest thing we have to a face for the drone policy or the drone non-policy is this man. he is the face of this policy that we have of killing people outside of war zones using this particular tool. and he is the face of the policy...
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working with a group of people that want to stop the president of the united states and they will find ways in the rules even with improvements. >> i think the disappointment from people who are congress watchers is that everybody thought that democratic senators were so fed up that when you got the chance to change it, you would pounce on it. do senators not mind this as much as you thought that we did? is. >> i think the votes weren't there. i'm not blaming my colleagues in particular, but there weren't enough to take the bigger steps that some of us wanted to take. this is not to deflect what you wanted to say. if you listened to the inaugural address that you did. one of the things that i took out of that, we are going to see the president use his executive powers use his powers in a more aggressive way. we still would have had problems in the house and i'm not begging off the question, but i think you are going to see the president use the executive powers that are within his legal authority. i think the progressive agenda is going to be driven that way. i think it wouldn't have g
working with a group of people that want to stop the president of the united states and they will find ways in the rules even with improvements. >> i think the disappointment from people who are congress watchers is that everybody thought that democratic senators were so fed up that when you got the chance to change it, you would pounce on it. do senators not mind this as much as you thought that we did? is. >> i think the votes weren't there. i'm not blaming my colleagues in...
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than two hours, president obama will take the oath of office for his second term as president of the united states. shortly before noon, he will be sworn in in the white house blue room by chief justice john roberts. msnbc will bring special live coverage of the moment. normally, for a reelected president, it is the time to begin thinking of a legacy. having to run for re-election, the president is free to pursue the agenda that will enshrine him. among america's greats were abe lincoln and thomas jefferson. for this u.s. president, the first african-american ever elected to the office, the historical legacy has already been written before he officially began his first term. four years ago, president barack obama welcomed the weight of that legacy casting himself as a blank canvas to project our lofty hopes for change and great expectations for the nation. the first item on his agenda, that bright legacy and suggested those hopes were well placed. president obama tried and succeeded where previous democratic presidents tried and failed. he enacted legislation that provided universal health
than two hours, president obama will take the oath of office for his second term as president of the united states. shortly before noon, he will be sworn in in the white house blue room by chief justice john roberts. msnbc will bring special live coverage of the moment. normally, for a reelected president, it is the time to begin thinking of a legacy. having to run for re-election, the president is free to pursue the agenda that will enshrine him. among america's greats were abe lincoln and...
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what he does is implement the president of the united states policy. his orders. get us out of iraq. yeah. >> they are acting like it would be the defense secretary that would decide whether or not we would go to war or not. it comes down to the same thing. they can't accept that he beat his republican opponent twice in a row. they want to make the choices for him. >> there is nothing funnier than pretending that there is nothing more than one degree of difference on israel between the two parties ever. >> right. there is no difference for the record, the officials have said that security cooperation has never been closer between the united states and israel than under barack obama the policy is the same. recall though that everybody on the hill is raising money all the time. if they think they can raise money by beating up on the president then they will do so. rush are limbaugh has a half interesting point to make about the haegle point now. >> obama is going to be the first democrat to actually cut the defense budget. i shouldn't say cut dismantle the military.
what he does is implement the president of the united states policy. his orders. get us out of iraq. yeah. >> they are acting like it would be the defense secretary that would decide whether or not we would go to war or not. it comes down to the same thing. they can't accept that he beat his republican opponent twice in a row. they want to make the choices for him. >> there is nothing funnier than pretending that there is nothing more than one degree of difference on israel between...
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the listen they stand out is because she thinks north korea was an ally of the united states. and so the president has started to do what a lot of us have done and he understands that the voice of the republican party that he defeated was rush limbaugh and fox news and everybody knows it. >> well, margie, when you look at the fact that they've had such vile stuff to say about the president, but his stepping up is strategically going to create a climate for some moderate republicans to step up and try to not be intimidated by the rush limbaughs of the fox news. >> well, i think the president in some interviews, he's really said there are lots of republicans who want to come to the table, they want to work with me, they want to have common sense ideas and have bills passed. they want to reach bipartisan consensus. i think what you see is because of the way districts have been gerrymand gerrymandered, you have a lot of republicans not worried about reaching regular swing voters, but just trying to avoid primary challenges. you have some extremists who are actually more worried ab
the listen they stand out is because she thinks north korea was an ally of the united states. and so the president has started to do what a lot of us have done and he understands that the voice of the republican party that he defeated was rush limbaugh and fox news and everybody knows it. >> well, margie, when you look at the fact that they've had such vile stuff to say about the president, but his stepping up is strategically going to create a climate for some moderate republicans to...
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we have to overturn citizens united. we need a constitutional amendment to do that and we need public financing of campaigns but i agree with bill. until we get there and the public has to push to get us there, we have to defeat some of the very -- this agenda that is really destroying the country and also, our democracy. it's making the voices of ordinary people, what is happening now, this undisclosed corporate money in politics is shrinking the democratic process and allowing corporations to dominate the political agenda and the voices of the american people are being diminished. >> so what are we going to do bt it? you've been very outspoken open this. you saw a ton of outside money too come into your race. i feel like what ends up happening is issues we talk about it and we move on. i understand why we do it but we talk about it and move on to fighting over guns and imgreat lakes and these structural and procedural questions get sidelines. >> there's a couple of things we should do. the nra, we know, spent at least
we have to overturn citizens united. we need a constitutional amendment to do that and we need public financing of campaigns but i agree with bill. until we get there and the public has to push to get us there, we have to defeat some of the very -- this agenda that is really destroying the country and also, our democracy. it's making the voices of ordinary people, what is happening now, this undisclosed corporate money in politics is shrinking the democratic process and allowing corporations to...
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those transplants are only the seventh double hand or double arm transplants ever done in the united states. >>> severe flooding has killed four people and forced thousands of others from their homes in the northeast of australia. all from a tropical cyclone, churning just off the coast. another affect of the storm, the sea is whipping up massive amounts of foam, covering beaches and even streets. in some areas, look at these pictures, the foam is 10 feet deep. >>> more trouble for jailed former football great, jonlg simpson. tmz reports simpson owes more than $500,000 in back taxes. according to the report, the irs has just slapped him with another tax lien. that is the third time in the last 12 months. >>> bailout rage returns. cnbc's mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. and at a time where most workers would be happy to get any kind of raise, big pay hikes still going out to companies that got billions of dollars in taxpayer bailouts. >> that's right, chris. according to a watchdog report this morning, the treasury department ignored its own guidelines on executive p
those transplants are only the seventh double hand or double arm transplants ever done in the united states. >>> severe flooding has killed four people and forced thousands of others from their homes in the northeast of australia. all from a tropical cyclone, churning just off the coast. another affect of the storm, the sea is whipping up massive amounts of foam, covering beaches and even streets. in some areas, look at these pictures, the foam is 10 feet deep. >>> more...
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there were 5% of the violence in the united states can be attributed to people with mental illness. so, are we putting a little too much attention on this when they're committing a very small amount of violence and they find that drug and alcohol abuse is far more likely to result in violent behavior than having mental illness? >> look. there's no question that the president's focus and the national focus on access to guns is the most important thing we can do to reduce the, you know, the outlier that the u.s. is in terms of gun violence compared to every other advanced nation. having said that, if you care about the mass tragedi which we have opposed to urban gun violence we see on the streets of chicago that the president is equally and rightly concerned about, it's hard not to look at an agenda for mental illness and i think what the governor in colorado is trying to promote on that side may point the way in a right direction. but also may be that there aren't full answers in a society to these problems but i think we got to try. >> i think an agenda for mental illness isn't just
there were 5% of the violence in the united states can be attributed to people with mental illness. so, are we putting a little too much attention on this when they're committing a very small amount of violence and they find that drug and alcohol abuse is far more likely to result in violent behavior than having mental illness? >> look. there's no question that the president's focus and the national focus on access to guns is the most important thing we can do to reduce the, you know, the...
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but asian units that were not properly recognized for their soldiers' heroism. we are still trying to give appropriate recognition now to the surviving tuskegee airmen, who you saw president obama paying tribute to at his inauguration this week, just as he did at his inauguration in 2009. it was not until world war ii was over in 194 that president harry truman issued an executive order to desegregate the united states armed forces by race. nonwhite service members had been there all along. they had just never been treated equally. president truman ordered that to change. and it was not easy, and it was not even, but it was 1948. and the military having an overt policy of desegregation as of 1948 was a groundbreaking thing, not just for the military, but for our country. and in that same year of racial integration, in 1948, it's pretty much long forgotten, but in that same year in 1948, the congress also passed the women's armed services integration act. 1948. there had been of course the wac, the women's army corps and the marine corps women's reserve there had
but asian units that were not properly recognized for their soldiers' heroism. we are still trying to give appropriate recognition now to the surviving tuskegee airmen, who you saw president obama paying tribute to at his inauguration this week, just as he did at his inauguration in 2009. it was not until world war ii was over in 194 that president harry truman issued an executive order to desegregate the united states armed forces by race. nonwhite service members had been there all along....
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because you can't work in the united states unless you're here legally. if we ever have a system like that, we won't be having this debate 20 or 30 years from now all over again. your thoughts. because we never stop talking about it. >> well, if you let me get a word in edgewise, i will tell you -- >> you got all the time in the world to answer my question. do you have confidence this bill will work? >> i am confident because part of the discussion that's been going on with the house group that's been working on this issue as well as the senate group has been a stronger everify system, and now everify has not been a perfect system. there are some problems with that, but strengthening that system will also allow employers to verify whether workers in this country are here legally or not, and that's a key part of enforcement as well. and i think, you know, ten years down the line, 20 years down the line possibly because our birth rate has fallen dramatically, the birth rate in mexico has fallen dramatically, we're going to need workers from somewhere. so i
because you can't work in the united states unless you're here legally. if we ever have a system like that, we won't be having this debate 20 or 30 years from now all over again. your thoughts. because we never stop talking about it. >> well, if you let me get a word in edgewise, i will tell you -- >> you got all the time in the world to answer my question. do you have confidence this bill will work? >> i am confident because part of the discussion that's been going on with...
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i think this is one of the great committees of the united states senate. and it is the only major committee that i have served on since day one when i arrived in the senate in 1985. as you know, the committee carries special consequential responsibilities with respect to the security of our nation. and i think each and every one of your for the serious consideration that you give and have given to the challenging issues and for the remarkable cooperation i have had as chairman of the committee. if confirmed, i look forward to continuing to work particularly closely with all of you, as we tackle some of the toughest issues and challenges that i have seen in the entire time i have served on this committee. and i particularly welcome the new members in that regard. i'm very grateful to president obama for nominating me and entrusting me with this important responsibility. and i am particularly grateful to secretary clinton, senator mccain, and senator warren for their introductions of me just now. i will not take it personally that this may be the one item in
i think this is one of the great committees of the united states senate. and it is the only major committee that i have served on since day one when i arrived in the senate in 1985. as you know, the committee carries special consequential responsibilities with respect to the security of our nation. and i think each and every one of your for the serious consideration that you give and have given to the challenging issues and for the remarkable cooperation i have had as chairman of the committee....
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we save all of these cuts across the united states. again, even proposed for pennsylvania that could affect provision of mental health services. and there are any number of other reasonable, common sense steps that can be taken. i respect the second amendment. but you're having a gun should not interfere with my first amendment right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. we must have common ground. we need a bipartisan approach. the nra is increasingly showing that they are out of the mainstream. they are not really astute. that's what nra stands for. and they're not really engaged in a serious discussion about what's going on in the streets of america each and every day. and whether it's new town or aurora or philadelphia big city, small city, in the city, in the suburbs, in rural areas, these are serious matters. and we have to be serious about them. >> since you said they're not really as constitute, let me show you some that are being extreme as you've talked about common sense and reasonably coming to common ground. rocke
we save all of these cuts across the united states. again, even proposed for pennsylvania that could affect provision of mental health services. and there are any number of other reasonable, common sense steps that can be taken. i respect the second amendment. but you're having a gun should not interfere with my first amendment right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. we must have common ground. we need a bipartisan approach. the nra is increasingly showing that they are out of the...
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righties are up in arms over the executive action signed by the president of the united states. the president's biggest orders include the nomination of an alcohol, tobacco, and firearms director. he asks for a study on gun violence prevention as well as reports on safety technologies on stolen firearms. apparently, conservatives believe this is tyranny. today vice president joe biden detailed one of the major initiatives of the president's gun proposals. >> how do we make our streets and schools safer? with regard to our streets i believe and the president believes that cops make a difference. we're going to push again for another $4 billion in grants for the cops program. >> $4 billion for more cops on the streets and around schools in america? this is what the gun lobby was demanding. but the gun nuts, well, they're not so happy. texas governor rick perry is trying to push himself into relevance again. he said in a statement the second amendment of the constitution is a basic right of free people and cannot be nor will it be abridged by the executive power of this or any othe
righties are up in arms over the executive action signed by the president of the united states. the president's biggest orders include the nomination of an alcohol, tobacco, and firearms director. he asks for a study on gun violence prevention as well as reports on safety technologies on stolen firearms. apparently, conservatives believe this is tyranny. today vice president joe biden detailed one of the major initiatives of the president's gun proposals. >> how do we make our streets and...
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the fact that now for the first time in our history practically every bill that comes before the united states senate requires a supermajority of 60 votes in order to pass. that did not get fixed today. it got changed. but it doesn't seem to have been fixed. joining us now is democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio. senator brown, thank you for being here. i appreciate your being willing to talk to us about this. >> sure. of course. >> am i wrong to think that there's not going to be a big change to what we've come to accept as normal, which is republicans requiring a 60-vote supermajority on everything in the senate? >> i think you were generally right. i think that there will be -- i mean, the steps -- we didn't do as much as many of us wanted to do. i think it's small progress. i think it will -- the senate will be -- will work a little better than it did. working with a group of people that will find least to slow things down. >> i think the disappointment from people, from congress watchers and people who are not on capitol hill is that everybody thought democratic senators were f
the fact that now for the first time in our history practically every bill that comes before the united states senate requires a supermajority of 60 votes in order to pass. that did not get fixed today. it got changed. but it doesn't seem to have been fixed. joining us now is democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio. senator brown, thank you for being here. i appreciate your being willing to talk to us about this. >> sure. of course. >> am i wrong to think that there's not going to...
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. >> the office of president of the united states. >> the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. thank you so much. >> the ceremony happened in the spare blue room of the white house fulfilling a constitutional requirement. tomorrow rewe will be there for the ceremony on the steps of the capit capitol, that familiar scene before the eyes of the nation and tens of thousands there to glimpse history in person. the president will raise his right hand in a moment for the ages. good afternoon, everyone. i'm alex witt. we are live from washington, d.c. in this next hour and a half, we'll try to bring perspective and context to the second inaugural and this historic presidency. my panel is joining me right now from "washington post," the columnist sally quin
. >> the office of president of the united states. >> the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> preserve, protect, and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> thank you, mr. chief...
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who gets the privilege of becoming a citizen of the united states of america. that's a big deal. when we talk about that in the abstract, it's easy sometimes for the discussion to take on a feeling of us versus them. and when that happens, a lot of folks forget that most of us used to be them. we forget that. it's really important for us to remember our
who gets the privilege of becoming a citizen of the united states of america. that's a big deal. when we talk about that in the abstract, it's easy sometimes for the discussion to take on a feeling of us versus them. and when that happens, a lot of folks forget that most of us used to be them. we forget that. it's really important for us to remember our
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we've been fighting for three years now to get her back in the united states because she left on a legal -- legal document, you know, and we can't get her back into the country. >> what do you think, folks? we got to fix this? the debate over immigration in this country should be focused on those folks, the suffering of the people in the shadows who put up with the government red tape. it should not be about scoring political points. i mean, why are we doing this? are we doing this just because all of the sudden we want to be nice? are we doing this because we can help the country? yes. but we're also doing this because we are a compassionate country, and we shouldn't be doing this to people. and we need to remind ourselves. we're part of the problem. one of the reasons why we are where we are with illegal immigration in this country is because we haven't defended the border over the decades. we have allowed corporations to hire illegal workers. and now it's just exploded. so why are we doing this now? we're doing it because it is the right thing to do for america. but i see some bureauc
we've been fighting for three years now to get her back in the united states because she left on a legal -- legal document, you know, and we can't get her back into the country. >> what do you think, folks? we got to fix this? the debate over immigration in this country should be focused on those folks, the suffering of the people in the shadows who put up with the government red tape. it should not be about scoring political points. i mean, why are we doing this? are we doing this just...
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his approach to bringing the united states into conflict is not as somber. i hate to say this about somebody, but doesn't seem to be as somber and as well-considered as chuck hagels. >> it's just about torture, which he experienced personally. >> again, i think what we saw today on -- during the hearing was a very -- a more personal conversation both about iraq but also about sort of, you know, one breaking with the other, particularly given their history, but also it strikes me that this is, david, kind of the broader context of the republicans sort of concerns about president obama. when they talk about leading from behind and when the president talks about let's use the military force as a last resort. it seemed like part of what the republicans were trying to do today was make sure that they pressed chuck hagel to be -- make it clear he will be very tough when it comes to the use of forces. >> well, i think the gop showed it's still the war party in a lot of ways. no second thoughts about iraq or even, you know, the way afghanistan was prosecuted. and th
his approach to bringing the united states into conflict is not as somber. i hate to say this about somebody, but doesn't seem to be as somber and as well-considered as chuck hagels. >> it's just about torture, which he experienced personally. >> again, i think what we saw today on -- during the hearing was a very -- a more personal conversation both about iraq but also about sort of, you know, one breaking with the other, particularly given their history, but also it strikes me...
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the president is legitimately the president of the united states. he is an american. he was born here. questions about his academic performance and asking for his college records are beneath him and beneath the office of the president of the united states. unfortunately, there's no one who will do that. not speaker john boehner, not mitch mcconnell, not everyone mitt romney who was the party for the presidency. >> now, jonathan, when you look at this, the birther movement hasn't gone anywhere. they're still going strong. there's been 100 court cases filed to prevent the inauguration ceremony monday siting obama's over-seas birth. and i wonder where that gop base got the idea from that the president wasn't born here. it certainly wasn't just don trump. look at this. >> no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know that this is the place that we were born and raised. >> all i can tell you is ha the general consensus is that he has produced a birth certificate. the question is is it legitimate? >> this is the easiest problem to solve. all the president has t
the president is legitimately the president of the united states. he is an american. he was born here. questions about his academic performance and asking for his college records are beneath him and beneath the office of the president of the united states. unfortunately, there's no one who will do that. not speaker john boehner, not mitch mcconnell, not everyone mitt romney who was the party for the presidency. >> now, jonathan, when you look at this, the birther movement hasn't gone...
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this is the united states of america. it means we respond to our fellow americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster. but relief is finally on the way. and now we're just going to make sure that after the president signs this bill, which i know he'll do in short order, that we get secretary donovan, who was named by the president to oversee this relief to make sure that money comes out to our citizens, to our homeowners, to our businesses, to our communities. >> are you -- a majority of republicans voted against it. your thoughts on that. >> you know, i said on the senate floor today that never in two decades have we offset emergency disaster relief, and that i will judge my colleagues in any future set of circumstances by how they treated the northeast. >> okay. >> and so i'm going to remember the vote tally. >> senator menendez, good to have you with us tonight. thank you so much. >> good to be here. >> remember the question at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts with us on twitter @edshow and on fa
this is the united states of america. it means we respond to our fellow americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster. but relief is finally on the way. and now we're just going to make sure that after the president signs this bill, which i know he'll do in short order, that we get secretary donovan, who was named by the president to oversee this relief to make sure that money comes out to our citizens, to our homeowners, to our businesses, to our communities. >> are you -- a...
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barack obama is the president of the united states. he is a very powerful man, responsible for many things. but he is not why most republicans have taken a pledge, saying they will never raise a dollar in taxes no matter what the budget deficit looks like. he is not why they decided to put the whole u.s. economy at risk if they don't get their way on spending cuts. he is not why the white house partnered with gun legislation, no matter how small, is tantamount to taking away guns, he is not why extreme movements like extreme ideas like going back to a gold standard in the middle of an economic crisis have taken root on the right. this country needs and deserves a better republican party. and there are a lot of people in the republican right now who want a better republican party who are trying to push it there. those people, i think include key leaders in the party, like the house republican leaders this week who are trying to talk their members down from the ledge. they include folks like david brooks who in saying that republicans lo
barack obama is the president of the united states. he is a very powerful man, responsible for many things. but he is not why most republicans have taken a pledge, saying they will never raise a dollar in taxes no matter what the budget deficit looks like. he is not why they decided to put the whole u.s. economy at risk if they don't get their way on spending cuts. he is not why the white house partnered with gun legislation, no matter how small, is tantamount to taking away guns, he is not why...
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but the united states did turn its back on mubarak in egypt. and i think we're going to look back and see that as one of the most important decisions president obama ever made. and i'm not sure if it was the right one or not. >> i am deeply respectful of your experience and like everyone else happy to see you sitting here at this table. but do you believe that we could hold back the tide of history, that if the united states had made a different decision that those forces -- >> yes, i think that syria wouldn't have happened. the revolution in libya would have started, and the rebels would have lost. things would have been very different had that decision not been taken. was it the right decision or wrong decision, i don't think we know yet. but it was a very pivotal decision. i don't think things would have gone on as they continued -- >> but this is a -- >> joe scarborough, take the issue of syria. how does the united states, a second obama term, try to affect the end game if there's a post assad syria, which as richard laid out could be so da
but the united states did turn its back on mubarak in egypt. and i think we're going to look back and see that as one of the most important decisions president obama ever made. and i'm not sure if it was the right one or not. >> i am deeply respectful of your experience and like everyone else happy to see you sitting here at this table. but do you believe that we could hold back the tide of history, that if the united states had made a different decision that those forces -- >> yes,...
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it goes on to say the statement does that bsa, members and parents would be able to choose a local unit to meet the needs of their families. the boy scouts saying they would eliminate from the membership requirements a ban on gay members and gay scout leaders and live it up to the individual organizations of scouting that really run the organization day-to-day to decide for themselves so it turns out a local troop accepts gay members and some do not and parents decide which ones to send their children to. the boy scouts say that this is a grass roots organization. the impetus for discussing this change has come from within. but at the same time, it's been public some members of the board pushing for a change in policy. two corporate ceos, of at&t and earnst & young, both members of the board. one will be the new boy scouts of america president and they have been pushing for a change in this policy. so the boy skoutds emphasize that the change hasn't happened yet and could happen as early as next week and if it does happen, it would not be a requirement but they would be able to and that
it goes on to say the statement does that bsa, members and parents would be able to choose a local unit to meet the needs of their families. the boy scouts saying they would eliminate from the membership requirements a ban on gay members and gay scout leaders and live it up to the individual organizations of scouting that really run the organization day-to-day to decide for themselves so it turns out a local troop accepts gay members and some do not and parents decide which ones to send their...
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wouldn't you like to be press secretary to chris christie of the united states? what a job. >>> what's wrong with this picture? here's what a gathering of president obama's top cabinet officials and aides might look like. a lot of people are looking at this saying where are the women and minorities? the group that put the president back in the white house. >>> also could the answer to the gop's problems be found somewhere in the swamps of jersey? sounds like the colonial wars. that's a bruce springsteen reference. now one of the biggest fans is chris christie. he may be what they need to break out of their super religious people. here's my question. how does a pragmatist like christie get through a tea party driven primary season. >>> christie wants to save the party from itself. republicans have reintroduced a bill to defund planned parenthood. republicans. if you want to remain a minority party, keep it up. >>> let me finish tonight with a fabulous story about dick nixon and his 100th birthday. this is "hardball," the place for politics. to argue would be rude.
wouldn't you like to be press secretary to chris christie of the united states? what a job. >>> what's wrong with this picture? here's what a gathering of president obama's top cabinet officials and aides might look like. a lot of people are looking at this saying where are the women and minorities? the group that put the president back in the white house. >>> also could the answer to the gop's problems be found somewhere in the swamps of jersey? sounds like the colonial wars....